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Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett – A Book Review
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Interesting Times is the seventeenth book in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. My son, Oscar and I are reading our way through the series. Well, he's reading them to me, and Interesting Times has taken us through our summer holidays, just in time for him to start Maskerade as he goes back to school.
Interesting Times was mis-remembered by me as the book about starting the newspaper (this is in fact, The Truth), so I was quite surprised as he started reading, to find that it is in fact, the novel about Rincewind, the luggage and them being reunited with Twoflower, the young man from the Agatean Empire that Rincewind acts as a tour guide for in the first two books of the series (The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic).
In this book, Rincewind is sent, by magical means, to the Agatean Empire in order to secure peace between its leaders and Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh Morpork. Rincewind, as is the norm, manages to cause absolute chaos on his travels and nearly dies on a number of occasions, before being sent off to his next adventure which comes a few books down the line in The Last Continent.
The book is a thinly veiled pastiche on the Chinese/Japanese feudal empire and its politics. It is, more specifically, a kind of oriental mash up and satirises everything from Chinese communism and the Red Army, to nightingale floors and beyond.
The book doesn't quite work for me. I think that by this time, the Rincewind character is getting a bit repetitive. The reunion with Twoflower is quite touching and this time, Twoflower is given more dignity and is less of a bumbling tourist, but you get the sense that Pratchett is going through the motions a bit here. Some of it works well, some less so, and some of it is pretty heavy handed.
Having said that, Pratchett at his worst is always better than a lot of other writers, and there are, as ever, some laugh out loud moments and some absolute gems of lines and ideas.
As ever, the book is really suitable for teenagers who will get more of the jokes.
Boing Boing by Alexander McCall Smith – A Book Review
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Boing Boing is a Picture Squirrel picture book, written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Barrington Stoke, who sent me this book for review purposes.
Picture Squirrels are a recent imprint by Barrington Stoke after the success of their books for older children. These, as the name suggests, are picture books, aimed at the early years market, up to the age of five. As with Barrington Stoke's Little Gem books, they are made to be dyslexia friendly, with clear font, lots of space between words and around the lines of text, and gorgeous, rich illustrations, in this case by Zoe Persico.
Alexander McCall Smith is probably best known by adult readers for his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, among many other books, but he has also been prolific in recent years, in terms of his output for children. His children's books bear the same hallmark as his books for adults with gentle, feel good humour and uplifting stories that make you glad you read them.
Boing Boing tells the story of Springy Jane, so called because as a baby she doesn't so much learn to walk as to bounce. Her bouncing career reaches a peak when she learns to help her neighbours and community with everything from the more mundane, day to day tasks, to helping out in far more dramatic situations.
Will Springy Jane manage when her springs seize up after a watery rescue?
This is a lovely, optimistic story with fabulously energetic illustrations by Zoe Persico that perfectly complement the text. It's a fun book to share and would be lovely as a bed time story or something to share at nursery or in an early years classroom environment.
Grandpa Was An Astronaut by Jonathan Meres – A Book Review
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Grandpa Was An Astronaut by Jonathan Meres was sent to me by my favourite children's publisher, Barrington Stoke, for review.
This book is one of Barrington Stoke's Little Gem series, which of all the series of books they do, is probably my favourite. The size is perfect for smaller hands to hold, the quality is beautiful, the attention to detail is a joy, with wonderful end pages, lovely quizzes for children on the inside covers and perfect, gorgeous illustrations by Hannah Coulson. I love them so much I would like larger versions on my wall. They have a wonderful, vintage feel to them.
The story is about a young boy called Sherman who lives with his mum and his dog, Luna, at the seaside. Sherman loves being outdoors and spending time in nature, but most of all he loves space, and sharing his thoughts about space with his grandpa, who used to be an astronaut.
The story focuses on a day that Sherman spends with his grandpa. Sherman's grandpa spends a whole afternoon playing with Sherman and they go to space, in much the same way that Baby Bear goes to space in Jill Murphy's classic story, Whatever Next? It has the same lovely, whimsical qualities as Whatever Next? But there is a poignant element to this story that children probably won't pick up on, but I certainly did. I found myself rather teary by the end of the story.
This is a lovely story for independent readers aged between 5-8, both boys and girls, or a lovely story to share at bed time with younger children or less confident readers. The book has Barrington Stoke's special dyslexia friendly font and easy to manage chapters, making it perfect for transitional readers and those who struggle with more text rich books.
You can read the first chapter on Barrington Stoke's website.
The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan – A Book Review
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I finally got round to finishing The Serpent's Shadow, the last in the Kane Chronicles trilogy by Rick Riordan. My son and I have been reading it together for months, but he finally decided I was too slow for him, and zipped ahead and finished it himself, which meant I got to read at my own pace, and I zipped off and finished it too.
It's kind of sad that this really does herald the end of our reading time together. I just can't keep up with him any more. It is brilliant that his hunger to finish books outpaces me, and he has had his head in a book for most of the summer holidays already, which is wonderful. I've offered to read stuff to him, but like his sisters before him, he is ready to go much faster than I can speak the lines, and fair play to him.
So, let's leave my maudlin' moment behind and focus on the book. I have to say that I didn't love The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire and The Serpent's Shadow, as much as the Percy Jackson series. I'm not quite sure what it was about them that didn't quite gel. Perhaps it's the turn and turn about narratives of Carter and Sadie and the whole premise that this is being read into a tape machine that I found a bit off putting. It might be that I just don't warm to the Egyptian Gods as much. Whatever it was, the series didn't grip me, or my children as much as his other work.
Having said that, it's still good stuff. The same things that make the Jackson books good, work here too. You have fast paced adventure, snappy dialogue, humour and a dark edge to the story that keeps you reading on. Some of the characters are excellent. I particularly loved Bast the cat goddess, Bes the dwarf god, Khufu the baboon and the albino crocodile, Philip of Macedonia. If these characters made an appearance the chapter was made. Sadly they were bit players for the most part in this book. I really liked the character of Walt and it was good to see him come out strongly in this last book.
I am told, by my son, who is still outreading me, that the Kanes hook up with Percy in future books. I look forward to reading about them.
This book is suitable for boys and girls aged 10 and up. The Egyptian names and terms take a while to get used to, although there is a short glossary at the back of the book, and this book is not a standalone. You do need to have read the other two books in the series first for this to make any sense at all.
King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor by Andy Riley – A Review
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Amazon Vine gave me the chance to review Andy Riley's new book: King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor. It looked like just the sort of book my son would love, so I snapped their hand off.
It is, for those of you who read this kind of thing, in much the same vein as the Mr. Gum books by Andy Stanton, and the Stinkbomb & Ketchup Face stories by John Dougherty. It was particularly reminiscent of the Stinkbomb & Ketchup Face stories.
The book is great for the reluctant or transitional reader. It has simple, easy to read chapters, larger than average font and lots of white space on the page. There are tons of cartoon style illustrations to break up the texts and lots of nice jokes and ideas in the illustrations, also by Andy Riley.
The story is about Edwin, a young king who rules his small kingdom with compassion, a lack of sense and an enormous amount of free chocolate. His subjects all love him until the day the money, and consequently the chocolate runs out. They depose Edwin with the help of the evil Emperor Nurbison, who rules the kingdom next door. It is up to Edwin to reclaim his country and save his people.
The book is funny and fast paced. It's a dream to read alone or to share with children, and they will love all the characters of which there are a lot of stand outs, who will hopefully become regulars as the series progresses. I particularly liked Jill, the grown up lady who actually runs the country for Edwin, and Emperor Nurbison and his patented evil laugh.
Brilliant for 7-12 year olds. Particularly recommended for boys and reluctant readers. The story is a stand alone adventure, but there is the promise of more to come at the end of the book. It is to be hoped they continue. They'd make a valuable addition to a primary school library or reading corner.
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This Week in Emerging Technology - July 29
By: Jim Rapoza | July 29, 2009
Here are the emerging technologies stories for the week of July 27th. 4G Network Tests - Verizon announced that they will launch tests of their 4G LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year. The 8 to 10 Mbps speed sounds nice but we'll see. Robot Firefighters - The London Fire Brigade has been using robot firefighters to deal with high-risk situations such as fires involving acetylene tanks. According to the report, the tests of these robot firefighters have been very successful. Aluminum Goes Transparent - Scientists at Oxford University were able to turn aluminum invisible (for a very short time) using a high-powered laser blast. The scientists claim that this could have a huge impact for future technologies such as nuclear fusion. Though it doesn't sound like it would work as a Romulan cloaking device.
Here are the emerging technologies stories for the week of July 27th.
4G Network Tests - Verizon announced that they will launch tests of their 4G LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year. The 8 to 10 Mbps speed sounds nice but we'll see.
Robot Firefighters - The London Fire Brigade has been using robot firefighters to deal with high-risk situations such as fires involving acetylene tanks. According to the report, the tests of these robot firefighters have been very successful.
Aluminum Goes Transparent - Scientists at Oxford University were able to turn aluminum invisible (for a very short time) using a high-powered laser blast. The scientists claim that this could have a huge impact for future technologies such as nuclear fusion. Though it doesn't sound like it would work as a Romulan cloaking device.
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In 1968 it opened to the public as a house-museum and since the eighties has grown to be an outstanding museological institution within both national and international scenes. From the eighties on, a reconstitution, as accurate as possible, of this royal residence was started, on the basis of rigorous historical research. In 1996, the program "One Room, One Patron" was introduced, which aimed to recover the palace back to the decorations and settings from the time of D. Luís. Since then, nine rooms have been refurbished under the patronage of private institutions. Currently the Ajuda Palace building is not merely the former royal residence. The north wing of the palace houses the Ajuda Library (former royal library), the Painting Gallery of King Luís I (designed for the presentation of paintings from the sovereign's private collection and currently under the direct management of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage) and the State Secretary for Culture. The fourth floor of the south wing houses the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage. A dignifying scenario for the official State ceremonies, the Ajuda Palace has always played such a role from the earliest times to the present day. It is as such that the Ajuda National Palace still lends its glamour to the ceremonies of the Presidency of the Republic, in addition to being one of the most important museums of decorative arts in the country.
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Idols are beggars on Mnet's shows
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'Produce X' exploits the revenue, 'Idols are beggars' … CJ suspected of power abuse
In its October 4 report, MBC stated that when a song is released, 1 million won (approximately $837) is given to the agency of the contestant, with the contestant getting only tens of thousands of won (approximately tens of dollars) from that amount. In cases where songs do very well, CJ ENM receives the additional profits rather than sharing with the agency.
MBC reports that according to the contracts between CJ ENM, the "Produce X 101" contestants, and their agencies, 100,000 won (approximately $83.70) was given for each episode the contestant appeared in.
A "Produce X 101" trainee spoke to MBC about how in the contract, the trainee themselves was even lower on the scale of power than their agency, who was below CJ ENM. They said, "That's why we had to bow down even more and had to do well, and we were worried that we'd get on their bad side so we were cautious."
MBC reports, "Some entertainment sources have said that as there were many parts to it that were unfair, some agencies would instead ask for elimination at the last minute."
MBC also spoke about violations of the rights of "Idol School" contestants during their stay in the dorms. The survival show began in the summer and lasted for about six months, but the contestants were only given uniforms appropriate for summer and reportedly had to wear them even when the weather turned cold.
An "Idol School" contestant said, "We'd say to each other, 'This must be what it's like in the military.' Even though it was freezing out, we had to wear summer clothes for six months."
MBC reports that the contestants were cut off from the outside world and only able to buy daily necessities once a month from a drug store that's a CJ subsidiary. In addition, they were not given enough to eat.
The contestant said, "They let us go to [school] once or twice a month. Those girls would hide food in their hats or underwear and then share it with the others, and they'd eat it like they were beggars."
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1. [+225, -21] Notify the investigation results quickly. The groups will disband. End
2. [+97, -0] CJ even forced idols to buy daily necessities at their stores as the only way, crazy.
3. [+49, -22] No, I don't know about anything else, but it's July-September show at Idol School. Even if they filmed it before the broadcast, even if it started in March or May, how could they force idols to wear summer clothes?
4. [+28, -1] Too much
5. [+11, -0] Punish CJ for crushing the dreams of children's dreams.
6. [+10, -0] I want to boycott all CJ products……
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Keratoconus as refractive surgery: Thinking outside the 'cone'
In this first of a two-part series, Arun C. Gulani, MD, MS, explains how approaching keratoconus as a refractive surgery will change the way both ophthalmologists and patients will approach this condition to bring in a new era of not only relieving but also enhancing the lifestyle of this patient population. In Part 2, Dr. Gulani will share strategies and cases of patients with keratoconus with different case scenarios in action.
Gloves Off with Gulani By Arun C. Gulani, MD, MS
The first issue to address is why is there a need for such a paradigm shift in thinking for keratoconus?
Over the past two decades of seeing patients with keratoconus from all over the world, I found many instances in which the referring surgeons have done an excellent job in helping their patients, but the patients were still referred to me since they were dissatisfied with the vision endpoint.
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In nearly every case, I found that had the surgeon only believed (mindset) that the patients could see 20/20, they could have completed their endeavor rather than reached a mediocre visual endpoint. Most of these surgeons were true heroes but could not collect their trophies due to their presumed notions resulting in limited endeavors.
Additionally, in many such cases, I did not have to undo the surgeons' work but instead I picked up the "baton and took these patients to their vision end zone."
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These referring surgeons also send me pages and pages of topographies and abstract vision tests that had compelled them to believe that each case of keratoconus was basically destined for poor vision and I found that my explaining to them to take the next step was always met with fear of success!
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Basic experience
In this two-part column, I am sharing my experience of my own surprise at how well many patients with keratoconus can see and how that raised my own endeavor to always aim for unaided emmetropia in all patients unless their situation for any reason was a limitation to that end.
In this column, I encourage you to change your mindset. In the second part, I will share with you strategies and cases of patients with keratoconus with practically every presentation and combination I have seen over more than 2 decades and review how I planned my approach to their emmetropic outcomes.
First, let's recap a few basics. All ocular surgeries should end with the best vision that individual patients can achieve. This concept of using brief, topical, aesthetically pleasing, least interventional, and visually promising techniques singly or in combination is what I have introduced as a super-specialty called Corneoplastique.
Corneoplastique involves the full spectrum of kerato-lenticulo-refractive surgery to include all levels of LASIK, cataract, and corneal surgery to manipulate the optical elements of the eye singly or in a staged fashion and results in a final emmetropic outcome. The backbone of this thought process and surgical planning is based on the 5S system (I liken this system to a mental sorter).
Success in ophthalmology does not mean merely stopping progression of the patient's disease or execution of surgical acrobatics: If the eye has the potential for vision, then it is the surgeon's job to retain that vision or even to achieve better vision regardless of how complex the starting point. As long as there is no ongoing disease or irreversible blindness, every eye deserves unaided emmetropia.
Changing our mindset
Keratoconus is a word that creates immediate gloom for the patient and a lowered visual set-point for the diagnosing surgeon. It is a diagnosis that when heard by the patient, makes them immediately anxious to get onto Google, find out everything about the diagnosis, and then quickly come to a conclusion of two choices: an interventional transplant surgery or uncomfortable contact lenses, which either way provides less-than-perfect visual endpoints.
The surgeon in the meanwhile starts to think of all the latest and greatest advances in corneal transplant surgery that they could now use for yet another case and completely misses the point that in many cases of keratoconus, the patient could actually see and see even without glasses or contact lenses-with their own keratoconic cornea!
To avoid this knee-jerk reaction, I teach my fellows and visiting surgeons to "break down the giant into a smaller, surmountable dwarf" and then confidently create a plan of attack, straight to emmetropia. In breaking down this giant, I help them visualize most keratoconus cases as nothing more than a thin cornea with high keratometry, decentered apex, irregular astigmatism, and associated ammetropia (myopia or hyperopia). By breaking down the disease into its smaller components, it becomes conquerable. Now take this mindset further and actually imagine that these patients should deserve refractive surgery candidate expectations.
As I proposed previously, size down any complications by sorting through the 5S system to break them down into simple components of visual impact and see your plan of action unfurl before your eyes so this so-called complex condition will logically and elegantly sort itself out into simplistic components that adversely affect vision and present themselves to be corrected in a single or staged fashion.
Consider, for example, the case of a patient with keratoconus with a corneal thickness of 450 µm and a documented cone on topography with low myopia (1 diopter or less) and high astigmatism (up to 5 D). In terms of the 5S system, we first want to make sure that he has potential to see, i.e., sight (visual acuity [VA]). Although the patient cannot tolerate hard contacts, the optometrist has noted that he has a VA of 20/25 with them.
Therefore, whatever we do, the patient should still have a VA of 20/25 or better. The patient has sight, there is no scar, and the site (center or periphery) is unaffected. Moreover, we know the patient has a relatively thin cornea (strength) and high astigmatism (shape). In terms of the 5S system, we must therefore correct for sight and shape.
Now using our Gulani-Nordan criteria for laser PRK candidacy, I would review that approach in this case and also categorize with patient using the following classification.
Gulani Classification System for Laser Surgery in Keratoconus
I. Laser as primary treatment (In this subset, the patient is informed that we can strive for vision directly with the laser keeping the surgical interventions noted in level II as a backup plan to be applied in single or combined approaches to address any complication induced or progression of cone if needed).
Class I: Clear cornea
Class II: Scarred cornea
Laser as secondary treatment
II. Laser as staged secondary treatment
Class I after corneal surgery:
a. Intacs (Addition Technology, Inc.)
b. Lamellar keratoplasty (femtosecond laser, manual)
c. Penetrating keratoplasty
d. Collagen crosslinking
e. Conductive keratoplasty
Class II after intraocular surgery
a. Phakic implant (anterior, posterior)
b. Cataract surgery with lens implant (monofocal, toric, accommodative, piggyback)
Laser advanced surface ablation
In this case, the corneal strength is adequate and there is no scar, and therefore no need for lamellar keratoplasty. Continuing with this example, I would perform laser advanced surface ablation (ASA) surgery, because astigmatic treatments remove the least tissue and correct the astigmatism to bring the VA close to 20/20. From a medicolegal standpoint, I would explain to the patient that, with this technique, I should be able to reshape the cornea to provide predictable vision. I would remind them that the outcome would not be like that of a virgin eye with 20/20 VA. I would also inform the patient that I have Intacs as a backup option if their keratoconus progresses naturally or because of the laser.
I also explain the use of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) as a staged part of any of these surgeries, because it can stabilize this new shape (following laser vision surgery). I teach surgeons that they should first correct the scoliotic spine (corneal shape = vision) before making the shape permanent with CXL unless the cornea is changing enough to justify CXL before any refractive correction.
Now let's look at the same case and consider that it has a thinner cornea with a best-corrected VA less than 20/40. Now I would choose Intacs surgery.
The most common Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments (ICRS) are Intacs, which are semicircular inserts made of polymethylmethacrylate.
I tell patients that having this kind of keratoconus is like being 11 feet tall. People of normal height go to the mall and buy a suit based on their measurements. I say, I am going to put you in braces (Intacs) and make you 6' 5" or 5' 8". I don't know for sure because Intacs are not mathematically predictable, but I know that you will be moving in the right direction, and the chances are that you will be able to walk into a mall and find a suit that will fit, i.e., Intacs help get patients back into contact lenses and glasses. I perform Intacs in various forms, single, paired, steep axis, and varied various thicknesses and sizes to customize each shape effectively.
I can also perform Laser ASA over the Intacs to treat residual astigmatism. Again, astigmatic laser procedures remove the least tissue, and I have achieved stability and safety with the braces (Intacs) in place. Crosslinking also provides a stability factor which can be timed accordingly.
Now let's add a scar to this same patient and using our 5S system we now need to clear the scar while correcting the shape Keeping our in-cornea and on-cornea scar approach, we shall proceed with Laser PRK and use the above-mentioned protocol.
Now let's keep scar and also make the cornea thinner and more unstable.
Based on the 5S system, I now need to not only clear the central scar but also add (Strength, i.e., thickness)
Lamellar transplants
Such a patient therefore can undergo a variety of lamellar corneal transplants to address these affected "S" systems. Six months to 1 year later, we can perform laser ASA for the refractive error (correcting Shape) aiming for an emmetropic outcome.
In many cases, high myopia could be the main culprit along with astigmatism and here, depending on the age of the patient, he or she can undergo a phakic implant surgery such as Implantable Contact Lens (ICLs) or if in the cataract age group, cataract surgery with monofocal or toric intraocular lenses (IOLs).
Phakic Implants
(Phakic implants)
CXL and refractive keratoconus surgery
The recent FDA approval of CXL is a boon to patients with keratoconus. I believe that crosslinking could become the final step in every keratorefractive surgery to stabilize and make their outcomes permanent.
CXL also can be performed before refractive surgery in cases of fluctuating refractions/topographies, and once the cornea has become stable and measureable, refractive approaches can be planned.
CXL consists of application of riboflavin (vitamin B2) to saturate the corneal stroma followed by activation with ultraviolet (UV) light. The resulting photochemical reaction causes collagen to form additional covalent connections between fibers, strengthening the collagen structure within the corneal stroma.
An exciting new development in the pipelines is a system by Avedro, which can deliver UV light to the cornea in different patterns and shapes. This system can be used to perform photorefractive intrastromal crosslinking (PiXL). PiXL has the potential to change corneal curvature to achieve a refractive effect. This has advantages over excimer laser treatment because it works without removing tissue and could be that modality I have been manually combining for over a decade.
In conclusion, using the 5S system, we can approach practically any ocular situation from virgin refractive errors to keratoconus. Once we develop the mindset of looking at keratoconus with a new level of commitment and expectations, we can start designing vision with the same responsibility and passion as we do in refractive surgery cases.
By first working with the patient's optometrist, I can get a picture of the patient's refractive stability and history and his or her visual potential from a hard contact lens trial. It is then my job to maintain that level of vision or improve it.
Of course, there will be cases with extreme levels of keratoconus that require a corneal transplant. However, even when performing a transplant, surgeons should not forget to take the patients to their next level of vision in a staged fashion.
Approaching keratoconus as a refractive surgery will change the way both ophthalmologists and patients will approach this surmountable condition to bring in a new era of not only relieving but also enhancing the lifestyle of this deserving patient population.
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Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Who Benefits – Farmers or Investors?
Written by Daniel Adebowale Bello	on November 11, 2011 . Published in The great land rush on Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia.
In launching the "Agenda for Change" in 2008, the Government of Sierra Leone declared "agricultural development and food security to be the foundation of the country's economic development and poverty reduction" strategy.
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But is the large-scale acquisition of arable farmland in Sierra Leone by foreign investors part of this strategy, and is this the kind of agricultural development the country needs to provide food security for its rising population?
It's a fact that agricultural development can mean different things to different people. But for the foreign investors who in recent years have leased hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland in Sierra Leone, it generally means large, industrial-style plantation agriculture used for the sole purpose of profit-making.
Since 1979, Sierra Leone has lost nearly 70% of its forest land with less than 5% remaining. This has resulted in a significant loss of biodiversity as well as in land degradation that both have negative repercussions on the livelihoods, food security and the natural resource base of the population.
Land acquisition in Africa has been hailed by bureaucrats and economists as a "win-win" situation that can bring agricultural and economic development to the continent, while most of its critics see and describe the trend as nothing more than neo-colonial "land-grabbing". Sierra Leone is a small country of about 7.2 million hectares (ha) of land which makes it less than one third the size of its neighbors, Guinea and Ghana. It is estimated that about 5.4 million ha – or 74% of the country's land – is suitable for agriculture.
The Government and the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA) have expressed a strong desire to attract large-scale foreign investment to the country's agricultural sector. According to the 2011 in-depth "Study on Rural and Agricultural Finance in Sierra Leone" by the Bank of Sierra Leone and the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, less than 15% of the country's land is currently cropped each year and vast areas of "unused" or "underused" land are available for foreign agricultural investment.
Agricultural activities, primarily smallholder farming, represent 70% of all employment in Sierra Leone. It is in urban areas that unemployment is rampant; urban youth are 25 times more likely to be unemployed than their rural counterparts, so taking land from rural people can only exacerbate this problem.
Research by the Oakland Institute and Green Scenery in late 2010 showed that more than 500,000 hectares have been recently or are in the process of being acquired by foreign investors. SLIEPA has received USD 2 million in funding from the EU, and has hired a company, Nestbuilders International, to develop a "marketing package" with up to six more site profiles – or land areas – for large investors.
In Sierra Leone, to date most of the foreign investors making major land deals are European or Asian corporations or investment funds. Their focus is on commodities for export, not food for the people.
SLIEPA is at the forefront of the country's drive for foreign investment in land. SLIEPA has claimed that this will create more than 50,000 jobs in rural Sierra Leone, and bring "development" – good roads, education and health facilities, water wells, scholarships – to the rural areas of the country. It is on the basis of such promises that local communities and landowners agree to sign over their farmland to foreign investors.
SLIEPA also defends the push for foreign investment in land for sugar and palm oil, both raw stocks for agro-fuels, by arguing that this is instrumental in the government's efforts "to reduce dependency on fossil fuel, and thus to enhance food security, provide electricity and create jobs for the people". I find this claim misleading as Sierra Leone does not have the capacity to use agro-fuels to replace fossil fuels, and the foreign investor's intent is to export the palm oil or ethanol from sugarcane.
Recent months have seen rising tensions between local communities and these foreign companies with their land operations as most of the so-called promises made to the people have not been met, and the Minister of Lands, Country Planning & the Environment, Alieu Patsowe, has been summoned to look into and review all the land deals in the country.
The general consensus is that there should be a public debate on sustainable ways to achieve food security and reduction of poverty. The Government should put a halt to large-scale agricultural investment, undertake an independent land inventory and develop a sustainable and transparent natural resources management system.
Agricultural investment in Sierra Leone is urgently needed. Yet the question most farmers are asking government is what kind of investment and for whom. This has to be answered on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the rural population. The UN categorizes Sierra Leone as a "low-income food-insecure country". This means that people in the country are particularly vulnerable to global rises in food prices. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The government needs to support farmers who produce most of the country's food, and who could produce even more if given the support they need in terms of infrastructure like good roads, storage and processing facilities to reduce post-harvest losses, market information and access, healthcare, education, and potable water supplies to improve rural living standards.
It's important that the government design ways of improving agricultural production within the country rather than leasing the land to foreign investors whose sole purpose is profit, and who serve their own agenda to the detriment of both citizens and the environment.
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By Nancy Bounds ADEC Staff Since 1972, families in Elkhart County have been supporting ADEC by participating in its annual Ride-A-Bike. What started 41 years ago has become a springtime ritual and a family tradition for many people. It's also become [...]
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By Rachel Brown ADEC Staff Meet Helen. Stacey and Helen work a rest stop during the 2011 ADEC Ride-A-Bike. Helen is an 80-year-old woman who lives with seven other ladies in an ADEC group home in Bristol. Helen attends [...]
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By Lisa Kendall ADEC Staff Working in Human Resources, I talk about our mission every day. In fact, it is my most important hiring criteria – do applicants understand our mission? Do they understand what we are trying to accomplish and [...]
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World's best neurosurgical center to be built in Tehran
TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (MNA) - Professor Madjid Samii, the head of the fifth international neurosurgery symposium, announced late on Thursday that the best neurosurgical center in the world will be built in Tehran.
Professor Samii said the building would be unique in its kind and the best center for science and neurology in the world.
"The staff I have chosen (for the center) is among the best brain specialists and each one is a star in the world", he said.
He expressed hope that the center would be opened by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014).
He also said in order to give medical services to all social classes in this center a few charities will be established to cover the medical expenses of the needy.
Professor Samii is a distinguished German-Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist and director of a neurosurgical center in Hanover, Germany.
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Chelsea Matzen is responsible for managing all aspects of the Local Food Safety Collaborative (LFSC), a $4.5 million cooperative agreement between NFU and FDA. The goal of LFSC is to provide education, outreach, and training to producers and processors serving their local markets. These growers while possibly exempt from regulations are not exempt from market demands. Her work includes representing the project at a variety of meetings; reviewing project deliverables; directing trainings and workshops offered by the project; selecting, working with, and monitoring subrecipients; evaluating project activities for impact and benefit to the target audience; overseeing the financial administration of the project, and keeping up-to-date on changes to FSMA as new information is available.
She is a Produce Safety Alliance Trainer assisting with trainings on the Produce Safety Rule as well as workshops introducing food safety and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Prior to employment with NFU, Matzen was an Associate Consultant with a small Federal consulting firm, Corner Alliance. In her previous role, she supported two grants at the Department of Commerce related to public safety broadband.
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Whether you are an experienced airport sleeper or new to the game, this sleep guide will give you the essential information to better prepare you for sleeping in Toronto Pearson Airport.
Our guide is updated with the help of airport sleepers who tell us about their experiences at Toronto Pearson Airport. If you have a tip to share, write a review to help us keep this sleep guide up-to-date!
This guide was last updated: 8 August 2018. Read the latest traveller reviews.
Nappers are in luck, with a good amount of armrest-free seating throughout both the pre- and Secure areas. We've also heard rumors about a few free sleep pods for a quick cat nap, but we don't know exactly where inside Security these are located. If you prefer to stretch out, the floor is an option, with some corner nooks providing some shelter, but do bring a blanket, sleep mat, or sleeping bag for cushion and warmth.
The designated rest zones in Terminal 1's pre-Security areas.
The bar near Gate C34 has some benches and long, armrest-free seating you may be able to take advantage of once it closes for the night.
The 24-hour Starbucks in the pre-Secure area, but be sure to purchase something for your time.
Pre-Security, head behind the check-in counters to find some armrest-free benches and carpeted floors.
Pre-Security, windows that line one side of the terminal have heat vents that more than one traveller took advantage of!
Toronto Pearson Airport offers a couple designated rest zones where tired travellers can relax and enjoy some stress-free time before their flight. The free lounge areas offer comfortable padded seats. Both lounges are located in the pre-Security areas of Terminal 1: CIBC Welcome Centre (Arrivals Level) and Lounge 15 (Departures Level, Aisle 15).
Airport temperatures run from mild to very cold.Arrive prepared with a blanket or even a sleeping bag. A hoodie provides extra warmth if the terminal gets even colder.
The noise levels here are pretty average, with the usual hum of daily airport activity. At night, it depends on your sleep spot, but at least a couple reviewers mentioned little to no announcements and music during the night. Still, be prepared with earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones.
Freshen up (and loosen those stiff muscles) with a shower before your flight. Pay-to-use shower facilities are located in 3 locations of the Plaza Premium Lounge, as well as Goodlife Fitness and the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, connected to Terminal 3. See our Toronto Pearson Airport Guide for details.
While Toronto Pearson Airport has many lounges, none have designated sleep rooms or rest areas. If you just want to relax in a comfortable seat, check out this list of lounges in our Toronto Pearson Airport Guide that you can pay to access.
Do you prefer the comfort and privacy of a hotel room? The Sheraton Gateway Hotel is connected to Terminal 3 via a climate-controlled walkway, so you can check in here in between flights without the hassle of being too far from the airport. Fitness center-only packages are also available.
Several more hotels are located within a quick 5 minute drive of the airport, and some are in walking distance. See our Toronto Pearson Airport Guide for information on nearby hotels.
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K-pop star Jung Joon-young arrested in sex video scandal
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K-pop star Jung Joon-young was arrested Thursday over allegations that he shared sexually explicit videos of women filmed without their knowledge or consent, South Korean police said.
The arrest warrant was issued hours after he appeared at a court hearing during which he apologized to the victims for his actions.
Jung, 30, who was first questioned by police last week, delivered a statement to the press outside the court, admitting responsibility for the charges.
"I am truly sorry. I admit to all charges against me. I will not challenge the charges brought by the investigative agency, and I will humbly accept the court's decision," he said.
"I bow my head in apology to the women who were victimized by my actions," he added.
Following the hearing, he was escorted in handcuffs to a central Seoul police station, where he remains in custody.
Jung is accused of being part of an online group chat that shared sexually explicit videos of women without their knowledge or consent.
Other alleged members of the group include K-Pop idol and Big Bang star Seungri and rock band F.T. Island member Choi Jong-hoon. Seungri is also being investigated on suspicion of violating the country's prostitution laws.
If found guilty, the men accused could be sentenced to five years in prison or face a fine of up to 30 million won ($26,424), under South Korean law.
Jung was dropped by his management company MakeUS Entertainment in light of the allegations.
Last week Seungri announced his decision to quit the entertainment industry.
"I think I'd better leave the entertainment industry at this moment," he wrote on his official Instagram account. "I just cannot bear causing any further damage to people around me, while being hated and criticized by the public and being treated as a nation's enemy during the investigation."
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As a whisky tasting group, we've sampled many a sherry matured cask over the years.. however we have not had an evening dedicated to different elements of sherry… until one fine evening in November 2017.
And what made each of these distinctive?
1st off the Oban was not your standard familiar friend – the 14 year – no siree! It was instead a 15 year limited edition initially matured in an ex-bourcon cask then a Montilla Fino Cask.
Next up was an Amrut Intermediate Sherry purchased some 7 odd years ago and carefully kept. Again a combination of bourbon and sherry… with quite a complex and different character than the Oban.
And the Kilkerran? The Campbeltown offering was again Sherry wood… with a peaty element too.
None were full force sherry, each had a unique dimension, making our evening a most enjoyable exploration. All had been carefully collected over years by our host… none can be readily obtained today… of if you do, likely not quite the same as what we sampled.
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Home Entertainment Best Revenge Movies of All Time
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30. In the Bedroom (2001)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4 (39,515 reviews)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (20,139 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (139 votes)
> Directed by: Todd Field
> Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei
Based on the Andre Dubus short story "The Killing," this indie film tells the story of a dysfunctional family as a summer in Maine comes to an end. The title refers to the part of a lobster trap known as the "bedroom," a small compartment in which captured lobsters begin to turn on one another.
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29. Point Blank (1967)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (7,634 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (38 votes)
> Directed by: John Boorman
> Starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
"Point Blank" is a film adaptation of the 1963 Richard Stark noir novel "The Hunter." It tells the tale of a man double-crossed in a robbery, shot, and left for dead. Upon recovering from his wounds, he sets out to get his share of the take and kill those who wronged him.
This Is the Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movies of All Time
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28. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1 (1 million reviews)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (32.6 million votes)
> Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
> Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Uma Thurman stars as a woman who survives a massacre and falls into a coma. Upon waking, she sets out on a quest to kill all those involved. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the film, which is full of mysterious assassins, ancient martial arts masters, and over-the-top blood and gore.
27. The Crow (1994)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6 (173,146 reviews)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (377,367 votes)
> Directed by: Alex Proyas
> Starring: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson
Based on the comic of the same name, "The Crow" follows Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a slain. musician who is resurrected to seek revenge on the man murdered him and his fiancé. The film received high praise, but Lee (son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee) was tragically killed in an on-set firearms accident after he had finished filming most of his scenes.
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26. Upgrade (2018)
> Directed by: Leigh Whannell
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"Upgrade" is an Australian cyberpunk action film. Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) and his wife are attacked by four men after their self-driving car crashes. His wife is killed and he is left paralyzed after a bullet to the throat. An inventor friend implants him with a chip that allows him to control his once-paralyzed body, and he sets out to find the men responsible for tearing his life apart.
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Makers of The Boys Season Four announces new cast members- Cinema express
We had previously reported that Prime Video's The Boys has been renewed for its fourth season. The makers have now announced four new cast members for the forthcoming fourth season, currently in production in Toronto.
A statement from Prime Video said, "We are excited to share the casting of Rosemarie Dewitt (portraying Hughie's Mom), Rob Benedict, Elliot Knight, and the return of Simon Pegg (portraying Hughie's Dad) in season 4 of The Boys.
Benedict recently wrapped a role on Freevee's Leverage: Redemption. Knight is seen reprising his role Gaz in the video game franchise, Call of Duty: Moder Warfare II, which debuted last month and amassed over $1 billion dollars in sales in under two weeks. Rosemarie most recently wrapped Out Of My Mind for Disney, based on the novel by Sharon M. Draper, directed by Amber Sealy, and written by Daniel Stiepleman.
The Boys is based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, who also serve as executive producers, and developed by executive producer and showrunner Eric Kripke. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Craig Rosenberg, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, and Michaela Starr also serve as executive producers. The Boys is produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television Studios, with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures.
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The winners of this year's AstroCamera competition have been announced. Polish astrophotographer Andrzej Fijołek is the winner in the Deep Sky Objects category for his spellbinding image of the Horsehead Nebula. Luigi Fiorentino of Italy took first place in the Solar System Objects category, and Petr Horálek received first prize in the Astrolandscape category.
The best three entries in each of the three categories will receive grants from the organisers, while ESO, as one of the partners of the event, will award prizes in the form of books and DVDs for the entries that have received honourable mentions from the judges.
Initially launched on 28 January 2011 in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of the birth of the 17th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius, the competition is open to all astronomy and astrophotography enthusiasts. The life and achievements of Hevelius, a renowned observer of the night sky, have inspired the Hewelianum Centre to make the AstroCamera competition a regular event.
Entries were organised into the three categories — Deep Sky Objects, Solar System Objects, and Astrolandscape — and judged according to their content, the type and brightness of their subject, the difficulty of photographing the object, the image's uniqueness, and, finally, the aesthetics of the photograph — the picture's visual attractiveness, sharpness and other qualities.
The breathtaking winning entries, as well as the runners-up and honorable mentions, can all be found online at the Hewelianum Centre website.
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Now that the comprehensive sanctions have been lifted, it is essential that the United States pivot rapidly and aggressively to the relationship's next phase, which should focus on creating leverage in support of American counterterrorism interests and much more fundamental reforms that could change the nature of the authoritarian, kleptocratic Sudanese state and better secure the rights of Christians, minority Muslims, war-affected Sudanese people, and others who have been victimized by this regime for nearly 30 years.
Khartoum's track record raises critical questions about its role and true interests as a counterterrorism partner. Top U.S. policymakers who chart the next phase of engagement with Sudan should account for this as they engage in anticipated discussions about remaining sanctions, a significant shift in bilateral relations, terminating Sudan's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, and forgiving Sudan's debt, estimated to have mushroomed to $50 billion.
Sudan's intolerant regime has a long-established tradition of religious persecution that continues today despite its bid for normalized ties with the United States and the rest of the world. It also has maintained long relationships with active extremist groups. This record suggests Sudan may be an untrustworthy partner in the bid to push back against religious extremism that is gaining momentum in the region and is essential for combatting international terrorism. The next phase of the policy effort should therefore focus on more structural changes in Sudan to address these core problems that continue to be central to the Sudanese regime: links to extremists and deep discrimination against religious minorities.


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From across the ditch: YouTube and the NZ election
Ex-pat Kiwi Adrian Parker, who asked from London what the parties would do to reduce tax rates to bring them in line with Australia and the UK.
Amberley resident Mike Jowsey, who questioned if climate change was for real and if so, who was causing it.
Praveen from Auckland, who asked what plans there are to ensure shopkeepers are able to protect themselves from violent crime.
Last night was just one example of how YouTube and online video are changing politics around the world. In the 2007 Australian election, the main Australian political parties all established YouTube channels to engage with voters. Since then, Victorian Premier John Brumby has set up an official YouTube channel and many more of our leaders and politicians are realising the importance of online video and direct engagement.
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Last night, more than one million New Zealanders watched the groundbreaking ONE News YouTube Election Debate when it aired on New Zealand's TV1 last night.
New Zealanders got their first chance to see current leaders battle it out head-to-head in their first debate leading up to the November 8 poll.
The ONE News YouTube debate enabled New Zealanders to put their questions to the two party leaders, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Opposition Leader John Key, in the leadup to the 2008 New Zealand election. What made this debate particularly special was that New Zealand citizens were called upon to ask the questions via YouTube and they did so enthusiastically, submitting over 100 questions. The debate marked the first time a head of a national government and the challenger for the top job have appeared in an official live televised debate answering questions posted as video questions through YouTube.
The full-length debate is now accessible worldwide through the YouTube debate homepage. Expat Kiwis can keep up with the New Zealand election happenings with our iGoogle gadget.
13 New Zealanders had their questions put to the candidates during last night's debate, including:
16-year-old Carmen McDougal from Pukekohe, who asked what will the parties do to help low and middle-income families to get through the recession.
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/Did Paul teach that the law was removed by Jesus' sacrifice? When will the ten lost tribes come back to Israel?
I was confronted with these questions. Did Paul teach that the law was over by Jesus' sacrifice? Also, when will the ten tribes come back to Israel?
I think what I would say is this. No one was ever saved by obeying law (either the Law of Moses or any other system of law for that matter) because no one perfectly obeyed that law. Through the cross, God provided another way to be saved which did not require perfection on our part. Instead it relies on the perfect life of Jesus and his sacrifice.
It is debatable that "the Law was over." One can argue that it is still in place, but that is our problem if we try to find salvation in this Law. Jesus said that he did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17). I would argue that Jesus did not remove the Law, but instead he fulfilled it in his own life and therefore offered us another way to be saved. We are no longer subject to the Law, but we are under the Law of Christ (1 Corinthians 9:21). The law of the Spirit of live has set us free of the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2) and thank God for that.
As for the supposed "ten lost tribes," believe it or not, there is no discussion anywhere in the Bible about these "lost" tribes. This is sort of a Christian urban legend. The biblical and historical evidence is that the Northern Kingdom was destroyed in 722 BC by the Assyrians. At this time they killed or deported great portions of those tribes which had lived in Samaria/the Northern Kingdom, and imported people from elsewhere in the Assyrian Empire. The Jews left behind mixed with the imported people and, over time, became what were known in Jesus' time as the Samaritans. To the Jews in Judea and in Galilee, these Samaritans were unclean half-Jews. The Samaritans used the first five books. Their Bible is known as the Samaritan Pentateuch.
The exact mixture of the Samaritans is uncertain. How many of the Jews from the Northern Kingdom were incorporated into this ethnicity? Were they mostly Ephraimites? Danites? Zebulunites? Did some of the deported from Naphtali and Asher return later to reoccupy parts of what used to be the Northern Kingdom? We really do not have a solid base of knowledge about the fate of the tribes from the Northern Kingdom. To call them "lost" is a bit of a misnomer. It implies that there is some territory out there where they lived and from which they could come back some day to Israel.
Besides, the number of "lost" tribes (even if they were lost) is not ten! In Judah there were significant numbers of the Jews from Simeon, Judah, Benjamin and Levi. Many Danites were in the South as well. Probably a majority of the Levites were in the Southern Kingdom, as well as nearly all of the other three tribes. Who came up with the number for the lost tribes? If we count a total of thirteen tribes (including the two half-tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh), then there would be at most eight lost tribes. However, to be accurate historically, none of these tribes were truly lost. More accurately we can say that several of these tribes were largely assimilated with those brought into the former Northern Kingdom by the Assyrians and that they lost their unique identity.
Many have incorporated the myth of the ten lost tribes, including the Mormons, but we should be skeptical of such ideas. In any case, there are no "lost tribes" out there waiting to come back to Israel in some kind of last days. This expectation is not likely to be fruitful.
Lessons by Dr. John Oakes at Northwest Teen Camp	How can I respond to a Unitarian interpretation of John 20:17?